16-064C – Dark Knight
Not the best way to start off with Earth, but you can play 3 Backups in one turn at 3 points of Damage if you already have 3 Dark Knights in your hand.
Not much else to say.
16-065C – Amber EX
Here is the searcher your Soiree deck needs.
4CP to grab a card.
I’ll need to get all these cards together and figure out what’s going on.
16-066R – Heretical Knight Garland
I like this card.
Garland buffs up one of your Forwards into a Berserk Behemoth, or something of that nature.
+4K power and Brave, is no laughing matter.
And plus, if you keep enough CP available, Heretical Knight Garland is almost indestructible.
16-067L – Aerith
No need to grab your Phoenix Downs, Aerith will raise herself from the dead.
3 turns is all she needs.
She’ll be back in no time, Block, Attack all you want. You’ll probably be able to get into a rhythm here, and have all 3 Aeriths recycling themselves in a way that as soon as one is broken, remove from the game, and on the next turn, yours or your opponents she’ll be back on the field ready to block. All she needs is Haste.
16-068C – Eiko
10K Damage?
That’s a lot for a common Backup.
There might be some use to Eiko.
16-069C – Ciaran
Low cost Forward that can reach up to 9000 Power.
And, that Special Ability. Gets stronger with each Backup you control.
16-070L – Kirin
Kirin and the Shijin. Sounds like Hootie and the Blowfish.
What you don’t already know is that Kirin has the “Power of Love”. Just ask Doc Brown.
He’ll buff up the Shijin with +1K power, and when he comes in, Kirin allows you to play a 4 cost Forward from the top 5 cards
of your deck. That’s almost like grabbing Marty McFly to play at your Prom.
16-071C – Gladiator
Another Backup on Standby.
Keep Gladiator on the field till you have received 5 points of Damage. After that dull, return to your hand, play Gladiator, put him in the Break Zone and give all your Forwards +10K and Brave.
And, this is just a Common.
16-072C – Beastmaster
Looking for an Energy drink?
Beastmaster will let you grab a Monster when he enters the field.
Yeah, that one was cornier than the other ones.
16-073C – Benjamin
They finally added a Mystic Quest character to the game. All we need now is 8bit FFI characters. Come on Square-Enix you can do it.
High cost, high power. And Benjamin gets stronger at 3 points of Damage.
Throw him in late in the game and you’ll also Break one of your opponents dull Forwards.
16-074C – Cactuar
Break a Forward with this Summon, but Cactuar carries some drawbacks. Unless you want to deal yourself some Damage to get the benefits of all these Earth cards.
16-075R – Shinju
I think this card is the base of Soiree, as she allows all the different elements to be paid using any element.
Grab Shinju with Amber and watch Soiree unfold before your very eyes.
16-076R – Sophie
She was banned, but now she’s back with a Vengeance.
Sophie’s first ability comes off of Sophie’s Second ability.
If you’re playing high cost Characters, Sophie will be dealing 10K damage to one of your opponents Forwards. 12K if you have Enna Kros as a Backup.
16-077R – Terra
Terra might fit in a Fire/Ice Category VI deck. Or you can just go all out and grab all the VI Characters and go 6 element FFVI.
Someone out there, already knows how to use this card, and that person is not me.
16-078C – Demonolith
I remember a card like this in an earlier Opus, but that was a Summon.
Demonolith stays on the field until you want to see your next draw. And if you ;like it, you can keep it. If not just chuck them to the bottom of your deck, and hope for 2 better cards.
16-079H – Hades
The 2 cost Monsters in this deck are something. Each one I keep seeing is a card you’d easily add to your deck.
Hades here, let’s you discard a Backup to draw a card. And, you already know that there are plenty of Backups whose only purpose is to come in and use their on-entry ability. Now you have a way to get rid of them to play another Backup.
But, that’s not all.
Hades can make some of your opponents Forwards vulnerable.
As, whenever a chosen Forward is dealt Damage, that Forward will be broken, and sent to the Break Zone.
Relm is going to have some fun this Opus.
16-080H – Madam Edel
Madam Edel has been name dropped throughout this set, and now we can finally see what she is made of.
Madam Edel is the Forward your opponent will be trying to remove once she is on the field.
Madam Edel grants Protection to all the Morze’s Soiree Members. No Summons or abilities will be able to lay a finger on them.
And for 4CP, you’ll be able to grab a Morze’s Soiree Member from the Break Zone and play it on the field.
16-081R – Mira
We mentioned Relm earlier, but Mira here, will be able to take the reigns just as well.
Mira comes in and lets you play a Monster onto the field, and it all depends on how much Damage you have received. The more Damage the stronger the Monster.
16-082H – Mont Leonis
Well, you’re always going to be using that first ability. And, we mean always. There’s no reason not to. It doesn’t cost you any CP, and at the same time it gives Mont protection from damage dealt by Summons and abilities.
Taunting Blade? Yeah, it has some use. Mont attacks and uses the ability to take down the Forwards that are blocking him.
I still don’t like Mont.
16-083H – Layle
Depending on which side you’re on, Layle can either make or break you.
Everyone will attack and block, unless there are no more attackers for the blockers to block.
And, with Brave, Layle will be pulling double duty on both sides.
If you need to, you can always give Layle +1K to help him survive.
16-084R – Leslie
Leslie is your infiltrator, allowing him to dispose of your opponents Forwards from the inside. He’ll sit perfectly in a Mono-Earth deck as that will be the only way to be able to pass Leslie on to your opponents field.
Once he is there, your opponent will need to choose 2 Forwards and hopefully they’ll be sent to the Break Zone along with Leslie.
Kirin
This will make some interesting play. I was just talking about how they should make an Archfiends deck. And, they listened. Sort of. We now have Kirin & the Shijins, coming to a bar near you. Playing all your favorite oldies. Ok, I got a little carried away.
And can’t forget about the EX Burst “When (card name) enters the field, you may search for 1 Job Shijin Forward other than Card Name (card name) and add it to your hand.” You’re already adding Shijins to your hand after you, hopefully, play one from Kirin’s ability. You’re likely to swarm the board pretty quickly here.
Aerith – 16-067L
just going to stay in Earth.
15-064C – Vanille
15-065C – Scholar
15-067R – Gijuk
15-068R – Gilgamesh
15-069C – Cu Sith
15-070R – Cait Sith EX
15-071H – Kefka EX
15-072R – Cid Sophiar
15-073H – Cecil
15-074C – Zombie
15-075R – Titan EX
15-076C – Titan
15-077H – Dadaluma
15-078C – Berserker
15-079R – Ba’Gamnan
15-080C – Geomancer
15-081C – Firion
15-082H – Hecatoncheir
15-083L – Rydia
Well, I was wrong on who is going to be on the Box Art. I was close though. I said it could be Leon or Queen Hilda. What we got was Minwu. Minwu? Why Minwu? Is it perhaps to tell us that this set will be all about protection. Probably not. Minwu as we all know was the one who helped Firion, Maria and Guy, after they were beaten to a pulp by the Black Knights. So, I’m guessing support. Or just a little bit of everything as usual.
We did get a look at some of the cards. Just artwork, but you can tell Serah, Penelo, Cissnei, Glaciela And Exdeath are all Forwards. And we know that 3 of them are Legends. Serah, Glaciela and Exdeath. Penelo is a Hero, Cissnei a Rare. And Our Summon Atlas. Just a Rare as well.
